Sponsored by Microsoft Research, the ACM Student Research Competition is an internationally recognized venue enabling undergraduate and graduate students who are ACM members to:

* Experience the research world - for many undergraduates this is a first!

* Share research results and exchange ideas with other students, judges, and conference attendees

* Rub shoulders with academic and industry luminaries

* Understand the practical applications of their research

* Perfect their communication skills Receive prizes and gain recognition from ACM and the greater computing community.

The ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation is organizing this event in conjunction with the Design Automation Conference. Authors of accepted submissions will get travel grants from ACM/Microsoft to attend the event at DAC. The event consists of several rounds.